Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 680
On the 25th day of the first lunar month, Shao Shude, under the protection of his soldiers, bodyguards, and Tielin Army, crossed the ice of the Yellow River and arrived at the south bank.

"Marshal!" Fu Cunshen in golden armor stepped forward to see him.

"This time to encircle and wipe out the Changzhi army, you put all the cavalry at the critical moment, and then let the Tianxiong army go south, very decisive." Shao Shude patted Fu Cunshen on the shoulder and praised.

"This is all the strategy determined by the king. If there is no such strategy, we will be exhausted, and I am afraid that we will not be able to win." Fu Cunshen replied.

Shao Shude laughed, and Fu Cunshen would flatter him, but the key is to be serious and well-founded.

Tactical success cannot cover up strategic failure.This battle can be won mainly because of a good strategy.

If you can talk, talk more!

"Is Huo Cun still unwilling to surrender?" Shao Shude asked looking at the besieged Heyang South City.

The sheep and horse walls around the city have been breached, and the trenches have been filled.In recent days, the city didn't even dare to leave the city to attack and harass.

As of yesterday, Cangcheng, which is not far away, was also under repeated attacks. The defenders could not withstand the pressure and led 500 people to surrender.

"Huo Cun wantonly confiscated the people in the city, distributed them with equipment, and went up to defend the city. I sent people to surrender, but none of the envoys could enter the city. Because of Huo Cunyuan, he shot to death with an arrow." Fu Cunshen replied truthfully.

In fact, the intensity of the siege of Heyang South City has always been relatively low, because of its special terrain, it is difficult to make full use of it, and the siege is the best strategy.

Generally speaking, when the army goes out to fight in the field, and the food and grass carried with the army is less than what is needed for one month, it is not recommended to invade the enemy's territory to fight.Under normal circumstances, the main general would try his best to prepare the food and grass needed for March, and then continue to transfer it later. This is the main reason why one side's army is defeated and the other side can always capture a lot of food.

To defend the city and fight, as long as you are not too poor, your food reserves must exceed what you need in March, half a year or a year is not a problem.However, if the population in the city is too large and the city is not big enough, it is necessary to build warehouses outside to store food, grass and equipment, and the city itself will become a horn of each other.

How much food there is in the southern city of Heyang is now almost clear: Cangcheng has seized more than [-] dendrobium, millet and wheat, as well as a large number of equipment, wound medicine, tarpaulins, tools and other materials. According to the captives, there are more arrows stored in the southern city Arrows, wound medicine, equipment, and food are relatively small, perhaps only [-] hu. Considering that there are tens of thousands of officials, sergeants, and civilians, the food and grass in the city should only be enough for four months of normal needs.

Four months is actually a lot, and it is more than enough to persist until the big river thaws. Perhaps this is Huo Cun's confidence.

"This city faces water on three sides, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack, so don't force it." Shao Shude said, "It's a Tutuan villager. It's a pity that there are too many casualties."

Heyang, Shaozhou Wangwu, and Henanfu Heqing produced a total of [-] Xiangyongs. Most of them did not have much military experience. After all, there is a big difference between training during slack farming and real warfare.Some people are very accurate in archery during slack training, but they are so nervous that they are out of standard;

This large-scale southward move is the first time that the people of Heyang have fought the enemy with real swords and guns in many years, and the improvement is very huge.If there are a few more large-scale and high-intensity military operations, they will be further improved, and the martial arts atmosphere among the people will be stronger, which will eventually be reflected in combat effectiveness.

We can't let them hang up in large areas before they grow up. It's not worth it, and it will also affect agricultural production.

"Then continue to persuade to surrender?" Fu Cunshen asked.

"I heard that General Fu is resourceful and likes to talk about military affairs..." Shao Shude laughed.

Fu Cunshen was a little ashamed, and said: "When I was young, I admired heroes, loved military art, and was so brave and ruthless that the king laughed."

Fu Cunshen wandered around the countryside when he was young. He had a bold personality and was not afraid of death. He yearned for the heroes of ancient times.He also loves to read military books, and after a few glasses of wine, he began to brag to others. He explained all kinds of military tactics clearly and logically, which made others stunned for a while, and his reputation gradually spread.

In fact, at that time, he was only at the level of a military enthusiast and had no actual experience in leading troops.But in troubled times, fame can be realized. When the Chaos came, the tyrants paid money and food to recruit soldiers for self-protection, and gave Fu Cunshen the first pot of gold, and then he was able to seek refuge with Li Hanzhi, the governor of Gwangju, and continued to learn during the battle. , Enrich yourself, the level is increasing day by day.

For Fu Cunjian now, it is no longer a big problem to command tens of thousands of people to fight. He has proved himself, and he will get more opportunities to succeed in the future.

"There is no need to be humble." Shao Shude waved his hand and said, "During the time of chaos, Li Guangbi guarded Heyang, can we learn from it?"

Fu Cunshen is familiar with military books and knows all ancient battle examples, let alone what happened in this dynasty.He thought for a while, as if he had grasped something, he asked: "Your Majesty, you want to drive back the reinforcements of the Liang people's navy and make Huo Cun despair, so you can recruit him?"

After the defeat of Xiangzhou, Guo Ziyi was dismissed, and the imperial court ordered Li Guangbi to guard the eastern capital and resist Shi Siming.After Li Guangbi arrived in Luoyang, he thought that he could not defend Luoyang because he had few troops and the bandits were too powerful, so he decided to retreat to the three cities of Heyang and threaten Dongdu from the flank.

Later, Li Guangbi, a Khitan, and Li Baoyu, a Sogdian, joined forces to guard Heyang. They first sent a general, Li Feiyuanli, a Qiang, to defeat the traitor, Zhou Zhi, a Han, and then forced Shi Siming, a Turk, back.

"...Guangbi first stored hundreds of poles with a length of [-] feet. He used a giant tree to support the roots, and put an iron fork wrapped in felt on the head. He used the fork to meet the burning boat. The boat was not allowed to enter, and he burned himself in a moment. He resisted the battle with the fork. The boats were fired from the bridge and hit with stones, and all those caught in them sank, and the thieves were overwhelmed and left."

In short, Li Guangbi prepared a lot of long poles in advance and fixed them on the side of the pontoon bridge to prevent the thief boats from approaching, in case their arson boats floated downwind and burned the pontoon bridge, and then used cannon carts to throw them at Zhongli City and the pontoon bridge. The stone bomb sank part of the enemy ship and scared off the bandit army.

Of course, this is also bullying Shi Siming without a navy.Otherwise, with the pitiful range of the trebuchet, it would not be able to compete with the giant crossbow on a professional warship.

"Li Wumu's strategy should be used flexibly. The bandits have warships, but they are much stronger than Shi Siming. How to force the Liang people's navy back is very important. Only when Huo Cun feels that his backup is exhausted, will he give up resistance and surrender willingly." Shao Shude Said.

"Follow your Majesty's order." Fu Cun replied, and out of the corner of his eye, he seemed to have accidentally spotted a person behind Shao Shude.

Lieutenant General Fu Yanchao, who is just 17 years old, is the eldest son of Fu Cunshen.

No matter how amazing and talented a 17-year-old boy is, unless he is in a temporary new army or a peasant army lacking military talents, it will be difficult for him to stand out in a long-established military group with a mature system.

But if someone overreaches, that's a different story.

King Xia's personal soldiers are not only responsible for security work.In fact, this is still a school, which trains junior officers in batches, and is also close to King Xia, so it is easy to get a chance to succeed.

Last year, King Zhengshen, Guang, and Shou prefectures recruited 500 Cai recruits, and [-] of the [-] soldiers got the opportunity to serve as officers at all levels.Zheng Yong, the tenth general of the personal soldiers, became the right wing envoy of the Tielin Army in one leap, commanding more than ten thousand soldiers and horses, with extremely heavy military power.

what is this?This is grace, it is trust, Fu Cunshen has a kind personality, of course I am grateful.

"Fight well, Heyang is not in a hurry." Shao Shude said, looking at the three trenches dug outside Nancheng.

Fu Cunshen was prudent, with the well-equipped and high-morale Guide army as the backbone, supplemented by a large number of unarmored peasants, they surrounded Huo Cun's Baosheng army to death.

Now that the situation in Luoyang has been settled, there is no need to defend Bai Simaban and Pingluo City. The Baoyi Army's right wing Jiebin Department has been liberated again, and its strength is even stronger.

It will be a matter of time before this fortress is taken down.

On the second day, Shao Shude led a large army to the south and arrived in the northern suburbs of Luoyang. Gao Renhou, the Jiedu envoy of Jiru, the eastern capital, went out to meet him in person, accompanied by civil and military generals such as Feng Wei, Ma Sixun, and Duan Ning.

"What's the situation in Xin'an County?" Shao Shude asked as he walked in the weed-deep, dilapidated city of Luoyang.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the thief sent Xu Huaiyu to let thousands of people out of the city, and General Ma has sent people to gather them." Gao Renhou replied, "With so many people gone, the food and grass in the city should last for about half a year."

"What's the strategy for Gaodu?" Shao Shude asked: "If Xin'an County can't be conquered, it's not a problem at all. How can we take this city?"

"Siege the city and persuade them to surrender." Gao Renhou replied succinctly.

"This strategy is correct." Shao Shude encouraged: "Suwen Gao will be good at attacking the heart, and he has made great achievements in Sichuan. Let's wait and see."

After the battle in Luoyang was generally over, Gao Renhou left the town of Luoyang, the Huaizhou camp was disbanded, and the affiliation of each army was also readjusted.

Shao Shude just decided to set up a Luoyang camp.

Gao Renhou had already served as Jiedu envoy, and was not suitable to be the head coach of the Luoyang camp. Therefore, Li Tangbin was appointed as the commander of the Luoyang camp.

Lu Huaizhong, envoy of the Wuwei Army, served as Marquis of Yu in the camp, Fu Cunshen, the envoy of the Returned German Army, served as the envoy for the formation of the camp, Zang Dubao, the envoy of the Tianxiong Army, served as the envoy of the vanguard of the camp, and Qi Bizhang, the envoy of the Flying Dragon Army, served as the envoy of the battalion and tour. The deputy envoy of Jiru Jiedu in the eastern capital Feng Wei served as an envoy for the camp.

These are a few major official positions, and there are still a bunch of middle and lower-level positions below. Before March, they will be filled with people, and the yamen will start to operate, hoarding money, food, equipment, draft animals, vehicles and other materials needed for war.

After so many years of fighting, it is basically clear who manages the logistics in an orderly manner, who is good at making plans, who is familiar with the geography of mountains and rivers, who is good at coordinating relationships, etc. A batch of confidantes will assist the team, and the talents needed for the operation and transformation are believed to be seconded and recruited soon.

In terms of military affairs, the Luoyang camp temporarily governs the seven fully-organized troops of Tianxiong, Chishui, Guide, Wuwei, Dingyuan, Shunyi, and Huguo, plus scattered troops such as the left wing of the Feilong Army, Leopard Cavalry Capital, and Ma Sixun's troops. There are about 7 people on the books.

The Tielin Army, Heyuan Army, Yumen Army, and Baoyi Army will not be included in the battalion for the time being.Among them, the Heyuan, Baoyi, and Yumen armies stayed in Heyang to guard against Hedong and Weibo.

The Guanbei Fan soldiers have been fighting for a long time, and the casualties are not small. Except for the part that followed Liang Hanyong and went east to Puzhou, the rest were dismissed and returned to their families.

However, Zhou Yiyan, the tribal envoy of the capital of Ganzhou, had conscripted [-] Uighur, Tubo, Qiang, Gamo, Tatar and other soldiers and horses, and traveled eastward together with his family.

Longyou Jiedu envoy Wei Zhaodu recruited more than ten thousand tents of Qiang species from Tao, Jie, Cheng, Min and other prefectures to head east to Luoyang.

The newly appointed governor of Kuozhou, Sun Jinde, reported that he had negotiated with the local garrison and the leaders of various tribes to raise [-] Tubo households to go east to Luoyang.It is said that Qingtang Tubo heard that Zanpu recruited soldiers, "singing and dancing, and couldn't help but be overjoyed"-it's a bit of a joke.

Anyway, there are really too many Fanbing, the Supreme Khan, there is no need to catch a sheep at all.

As for the Tielin Army and the Guards' Army, Shao Shude held them in his hands and planned to do some micromanagement himself.

(End of this chapter)